Waves being skipped again at retail

This is nothing new. I've gone theough periods of missing like 10 series at retail. If it wasn't for Amazon, I'd never get elites because they stopped coming regularly to Target, TRU, or Walmart years ago. I've gone 6-8 months with one series multiple times at both Target and TRU.

Last series my Walmart had was E54, no signs of 55 or 56. Might make the rounds to the other stores and give an update, but considering I get most of my figures from eBay or Ringside or Amazon, I only care about store exclusives at this point.

I see a lot of Enzo and Cass 55 figures at Wal Mart. I think the rest just sold around me. Neville, Taker and Brock are solid figures. Ellisworth too if you’re into him

Never seen any trace of it at Target though

These are the things that end up at Big Lots and stores like that usually though. The ‘skipped’ waves

Targets are terrible in my area.

Walmart’s are...okay. That reset really did a number though. The section used to be a bit full but now there are all these pegs that are bare. Then you have one peg stocked with Basic and one with Elite. It’s just not good looking.

TRUs are always stoked peg wise but it’s a lot of junk. They skip series like crazy though. Right now, as I said in another post, B75 Lana is stocked about 10-16 figures at both TRUs. I found B68 Alexa a few months ago. I was going expecting to find B72 or 73 but found her and the rest of that series. It was just odd.

Meijer is the only store that stocks consistent. It just takes months. They go set by set but they will not put anything out until every figure is off the pegs. It’s reallt pathetic. I once wanted to buy all 8 Vaudvillains just to get them off the pegs.

I have rarely seen a period where series came out chronologically, especially at a single retailer. I never used to miss Battlepacks in my area, but since Walmart became the only retailer and became overloaded with old stock that they only recently clearanced, I missed 3 out of 4 series. Walmart has actually been better at getting new shipments consistently the past year.

I thought anyway that Elite 55 would be part of this year's Wrestlemania shippers, and E56 (and maybe 57) would largely skip retail. If I found Gallows, Anderson, Gallagher, and Styles, I would consider myself lucky.

my area got basic 78 then 79 then 80 like normal and then jumped to basic 82 and BP 51 with no bp50 or basic 81

Mattel dont dictate what the stores order

My area got plenty of 54,55 and 56 but never seen 53 in any store and only seen 52 once. I haven't thought about it since I dont buy many but I dont know the last time Ive seen any Battle Packs in Wal Mart or Target.

I know it doesnt work like that. Mattel dont just randomly send figures to stores. The store head offices order stock from order lists based on what sells. Mattel do not decide what gets sent come on